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[Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>]

A good possibility is that they are getting water from the moist soil. The soil has all sorts of mineral salts that would be attractive in liquid form. I often see my bees messing in the soil of my gravel/mud driveway after a rain exactly as your bees are doing, presumably for the same reason.

Randall

On 7/13/2015 11:58 AM, donnasteen--- via Person_County_Beekeepers_Association wrote:

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My bees are in my window box. It is moist, but no visible dirt. There is moss. I hadn't planted them yet this year.

The bees are working something in the dirt, and doing lots of buzzing and fanning of their wings.

Who knows what they are doing?

Let me know if you cannot see the movie.  I'm not sure I did it correctly.

Donna Steen

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